The UK stopped putting stickers in Nigerian passports today. Here’s what actually changed and what you need to do.

Starting today, the UK no longer issues physical visa stickers to Nigerian applicants.
If you apply for a UK visit visa from this point forward, there’s no vignette in your passport. Your visa exists as a digital record, accessible through a UK Visas and Immigration online account.
The application itself hasn’t changed. Same form. Same Visa Application Centre visit. Same biometrics. Same eligibility criteria. Only the format of what you receive is different.
A few practical things that matter.
If you already have a valid physical sticker in your passport, it stays valid until it expires. You don’t need to replace it.
If you’re approved under the new system, create your free UKVI account at gov.uk/eVisa before you travel. Not the night before your flight. As soon as you receive approval. Airlines and UK border officials verify status digitally now. No account set up means delays at the airport.
The upside is real: passports come back faster, the visa can’t be physically lost, and you manage your status from anywhere. The bigger picture is also real: this shift makes your immigration status more centrally tracked and more digitally visible. Worth understanding both dimensions, not just the convenience pitch.